3. God wants you to be holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.
4. God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God.
5. Don’t let your sexual desires control you like the people who don’t know God.
6. Never wrong any of your fellow believers or cheat them in this way. The Lord will punish those who do that. We have already told you this and warned you about it.
7. God chose us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.
8. So anyone who refuses to obey this teaching is refusing to obey God, not us. And God is the one who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9. We don’t need to write to you about having love for your brothers and sisters in Christ. God has already taught you to love each other.
10. In fact, you love all the believers in Macedonia. We encourage you now, brothers and sisters, to show your love more and more.
11. Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Mind your own business, and earn your own living, as we told you before.
12. If you do these things, then those who are not believers will respect the way you live. And you will not have to depend on others for what you need.
13. Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—those who have no hope.